Hinge



PATENT OFFICE.

IPERRY CALVIN WALLACE, 0F MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

Application filed March 25, 1921. Serial No. 455,403.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PERRY C. lVALLAon, acitizen of the United States, residing at Montgomery, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Hinge,of which the following is a specification.

By way of explanation, it may be stated that when a door, window, lid orother closure is suspended by means of hinges for swinging movement, theclosure, in many instances, does not fit properly with respect to thejambs. This improper fitting may result from lack of care or skill inthe cutting of the gains for the hinges, or, if no gains are cut, it mayresult from an irregularity in the shape of the door, or from lack ofparallelism in the jambs.

Any diliiculty of the sort above mentioned is alluded to, the commonpractice is to place shims of card board, wedges of wood or the like,between the leave of the hinge and the jamb or between the wings of thehinges and the closure. Such shims, wedges, and the like, rarely arepermanent, durable and satisfactory. They lose their shape and position,fall out, or become useless otherwise,

and as a result, the door sags or changes its position.

The foregoing being understood, it may be stated that it is the objectof this invention to provide a hinge which is so constructed, that, bysimply adjusting the screws which hold the hinge in place, the door maybe made to hang properly.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of-that type to which the inventionappertains.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, with in the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a hingeconstructed in accordance with the invention, the hinge being opened;Figure 2 is a sectional view, showing the hinge applied to a. closureand a jamb.

The numeral 1 denotes a jamb and the numeral 2 marks a door, window, lidor other closure. The closure 2 is connected to the jamb 1 by a hinge 3including leaves 4 which may be connected pivotally in any desired way.The leaves 4 may have knuckles 5 through which a pin 6 passes, ascommon. Screws 7 unite the leaves 4 with the jamb 1 and with the door 2.The leaves 4 have openings 8 through which the screws 7 pass. The leaves4 are provided with transverse seats or grooves 9 wherein resilientmembers 10, preferably in the form of strips of rubber or otherresilient material, are retained, the seats 9, preferably being undercutslightly, as indicated in Figure 2 in order to retain the strips 10. Thestrips may be cemented in or held otherwise in the seats 9. The stripsor resilient members 10 project beyond the inner surface of the leaves 4and bear against the jamb 1 and the door 2. Clearly, by tightening up oradvancing the screws 7, the members 10 may be compressed more or less,and in this way, the door or other closure 2 may be adjusted withrespect to the opening wherein it swings.

Although both leaves of the hinge are pro vided with the resilientmembers 10, but one wing can be so equipped, if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A hingecomprising leaves, each composed of a single layer, one of said leavesbeing provided with a resilient member, one edge of the resilientmemberprojecting beyond all portions of said leaf, and being exposed, forcompression and to afiord an adjustment of said leaf when the leaf isecured in place, the opposite edge of the resilient member abuttingagainst said leaf to secure a compression of the resilient member bysaid leaf.

2. A device of the class described. con structed as set forth inclaim 1. and further characterized by the fact that said leaf isprovided with a groove extended but part way therethrough, the resilientmember fitting closely in the groove and being held therein by itsresiliency.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PERRY CALVIN WALLACE.

Witnesses:

ANNIE LEE Dromzr, S. J. SALMEN.

